OnlySP: Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monolith’s upcoming third person action RPG, seems like a very interesting take on Tolkein’s Middle-Earth. Placing you in the role of the Ranger Talion, players will stealth, stalk, and kill their way through Sauron’s armies on a quest for vengeance.
Unfortunately, the open worlds in games like Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Halo Infinite, and the original Assassin's Creed do more harm than good.
I legitimately loved Halo's switch to open world. They made traversal of the map entertaining, and everything involved just tied into the (what I consider) awesome gunplay.
The entire time I really felt the slow takeover of the map, and all the little steps forward felt satisfying.
I don't know what more people really want there, considering the setting and story. A handful of soldiers hunkered down on enemy territory; slowly trying to win the battle.
I think R* are the only ones who have made compelling open worlds. I can’t stomach most open world games and how boring they are with busy world. It’s like a flex to make this massive environment, but it’s extremely boring to traverse and play in. GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 blew me away with how incredible their worlds were. Elden Ring was the only other game to give me that sense of awe.
I’m back on an open world kick after Horizon. I don’t know what clicked in me but exploring the map and seeing the detail work has me loving open worlds again. Playing AC Odyssey on hard and really enjoying it and the map. Reinstalling RDR2 tonight because damn, that map is just incredible for sightseeing.
Halo Infinite felt off. It's like the developers didn't know what they really wanted to do
Depends on which open world titles u play, most of em are shitty AF, but I honestly admire open world genre, sometimes to just take a break from fighting and missions you explore n see details you haven't noticed before cause you were too busy body at first, then boom finding some dope equipment or things to sale
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looks cool. Wonder when they release it
I haven't played a Lord of the Rings game in forever. I think the spell will finally be broken once Shadow of Mordor releases. Single-player only? Just my cup of tea.
LOTR is about cooperation. It makes no sense to be single player only.
Fine with me get a fresh look at Mordor and not every game needs multiplayer, have no idea why this argument is starting to pop up again. From the gameplay it looks like there is going to be a lot of strategizing to be considered, I don't want to set up a plan and have someone else screw it all up. Rangers seem to work alone anyway so it makes sense that you wouldn't have some idiots following you around, especially when you're sneaking behind enemy lines.
Double-post.